Show TO LOCATE ORE SHOOTS butte intermountain whatever aids can be brought to the prospector should find hearty appreciation says matt W alderson who was in the city a few days ago at best his vocation is seldom as remunerative as it should be tramping the hills examining every indication of mineral to find the lead which he hopes will make his fortune he too often meets with disappointment but the true prospector is never heartened disheartened dis it is his hope on hope ever with him having found a promising outcrop the next thing is to determine the extent of the find and this very important work means very often considerable of labor unless a prospector is so fortunate as to find a property of exceptional value he may not be able financially to develop his property to such an extent as to make it market marketable abl 61 hence there are through out mining counties count 88 generally prospects which look hromisin pro but which need development the suggestion has been made by a num her ber of bright minds that prospecting with ditl a diamond drill w would be an excellent thin thing by holes bored in different directions it i would be a comparatively easy matt matter e r to de termine the size and extent of ore bodies not reached by a prospect hole and the core made by the drill on being brought to the surface gives one an accurate idea of the character of the ore bodies besides affording a ff ord in a sample the fairness of which cannot be questioned from which values can he be determined A drill for such work can be obtained for about it is mounted on a carriage with a ten horse power boiler and is thus in a very compact portable form for moving from one place to another the drill bit makes a it inch hole and gives a 1316 13 16 inch core three boring can generally he be made from one setting to advantage three men will run the machine very nicely if one of of the drill runners is sufficiently good mechanics to set the carbons the machine has a capacity of 2500 feet in depth and in hard granite will make a record of sixteen to twenty feet a day the total cost of operating the machine including all the necessary incidents is about two dollars for each foot driven in hard rock less of course where greater advance can be made in a d day ay than tan above indicated |